Western Africa

Rank Country Nominal GDP Nominal GDP GDP/Cap Growth 5 years in Africa
($ Billions) per Capita (US$) Percentage %
23  Benin 15.292 1,258.92  9.35%
21  Burkina Faso 16.082 768.83  9.21%
49  Cape Verde 1.870 3,358.33  1.25%
11  Côte d'Ivoire 61.502 2,281.42  25.89%
50  Gambia 1.806 746.33  -0.95%
8  Ghana 73.594 2,374.00  8.38%
51  Guinea-Bissau 1.392 766.75  5.56%
29  Guinea 12.500 910  7.66%
45  Liberia 3.068 653.60  -2.69%
20  Mali 17.685 899.22  8.15%
27  Niger 12.971 535.83  9.39%
1  Nigeria 466.88 2,210.00  1.52%
17  Senegal 24.409 1,455.47  8.23%
41  Sierra Leone 4.140 518.47  -1.16%
38  Togo 5.719 690.28  11.07%

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Ghana Statistics

 Population  30.4 million
National language  Akan
Official language English
National Currency Cedi
Life Expectancy 64.4 years
GDP 74.2 Billions (2021)

Ghana Gross Domestic Product

YEAR GDP (BILLIONS INCOME PER CAPITA LIFE EXPECTANCY
2015 47.5   62.7
2016 54.5   63.1
2017 58.8   63.4
2018 65.3   63.7
2019 67.2 64.0
2020 72.3   64.1
2021 74.2   64.4

Ghana Industry

GDP Contribution Reasons Top Sectors
Mining 37%  There are over 23 large-scale mining firms in Ghana and it has the biggest gold reserves in the continent. Gold accounts more than 90% of the country’s mineral exports.
Energy 6% Ghana started building solar plants all over its vast sun-rich terrain in 2016 with the main aim of becoming the first state to get 6% of its electricity from solar-energy generation
Tourism 5%  The tourism sector employed over 359,000Ghanians in 2012 and earned the country $1.7billion.
Agriculture 21.3% The Agricultural sector is one of the primary industries in the country which employed 53.6% of the country’s workforce in 2013.
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Mali Statistics

 Population  19.6 million (2019)
National language  Bambara, Bomu, Bozo
Official language French
National Currency CFA Franc
Life Expectancy 59.8 years
GDP 19.9 Billion (2021)

Mali Gross Domestic Product

YEAR GDP (BILLIONS INCOME PER CAPITA LIFE EXPECTANCY
2015 13.1   57.5
2016 14.0   57.9
2017 15.3   58.4
2018 17.1   58.8
2019 17.5 59.3
2020 17.3   59.6
2021 19.9   59.8

Mali Industry

GDP Contribution Reasons Top Sectors
Mining    Mali was the third-highest gold producer in Africa. Gold is the third-largest source of Malian export after cotton and livestock and accounts for about 80% of the mining activities in the country.
Agriculture   Agriculture accounts for 70% of the Malian labor force and 42% of the country’s GDP. Cotton farming and livestock are the two main agricultural activities in the country, making up to 80% of Mali’s export. The agricultural sector is dominated by small scale traditional farming.
Manufacturing   Manufacturing remains a relatively small industry in Mali, having declined through the late 1980s and accounted for about 8% of the country’s GDP in 1990. 

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Nigerian Statistics

 Population  201 million (2019)
National language  Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Fulfulde, Ibibio
Official language English
National Currency Nigerian naira
Life Expectancy 55.2 years
GDP 514.0 Billion (2021)

Nigerian Gross Domestic Product

YEAR GDP (BILLIONS INCOME PER CAPITA LIFE EXPECTANCY
2015 486.8   52.8
2016 404.7   53.2
2017 375.8   53.5
2018 397.2   53.9
2019 448.1 54.3
2020 432.3   54.6
2021 514.05   55.2

Nigerian Industry

GDP Contribution Reasons Top Sectors
Agriculture 24.4%  Oil exports generate an estimated 24.4% of Nigeria’s GDP and are responsible for about 83% of the government’s revenue.
Trade 13.8%  
Manufacturing 12.8% The Nigerian manufacturing sector is dominated by the production of cement and building materials, food and beverages, tobacco, chemicals and fertilizers, wood, and textiles. Out of all only 3 subsectors (food & beverage, cement, and textile) account for 77% of manufacturing output generating the greatest value.
Information and technology 11.2% The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector has continued to maintain some buoyancy in Nigeria’s economy contributing as much as 14% to the GDP in 2019 up from 13.32% that was recorded in the preceding year.

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